Display device



Nov. 19, 1929. J. B. SMITH 1,735,225

-- DISPLAY DEVICE Filed Dec. 7, 192"! Patented Nov. 19 1929 f aosnrirnsivurfiior nAvANA -rrmois DISPZEAY DEVIEGE Application filedi December i7, 19275;, Serial. No 238,413,.

This-invention relates to display devises; pertainingmore particularly: to av device in cluding a series of hingedly mounted mem:; bers that may be usedto. carry and} display 5 articles of manufacture, advertising matter,

or-to answer for directory purposes.

The device is'adaptable for indoor use, as. in. displaying goods, or for out-of-dooruse, but asillustrated herein is partlcularliy fitted;

l as an advertisingdisplay: device as: W811i as:

for a directory; I 1

An object of the invention 1s to provide a series of hingedly. or pivotally mounted leavesfor display arranged to beseparately 1. inspected but which. will normally he nmlosei order shieldedfrom the weathen,

Amother'object iskto provide, a serles of pivotallymountedleaves forthe display Qfi printed information. whichwhile normally .3 lying in close order may beseparated forimspeotion butwhich will: be automatlcally returned totheircompactclosed. positlons'whem released; T v v Still; another object lies; 111. providing; an; 2 outdoor display device including separately, hinged leaves carrying informat onall, oil

WhiChi automatically takeupiandimaint in a close arr angement: housed; from; the; weather and notaflected by: wind.

3 In the appendedi'drawmgilsillns fatdsa preferred form! of theinventionrwhich how even issubj-ectto changes of minor nature;

Figure 1; is a sideielevatiom of the; dQVlGQJOIE myinventioni Y Figure 2 is a front elevatlon of a portion of-thesame.- r I i 9 Figures Band t ,areiplansniiportlons shown: in Eigure-Lmuch enlarged; showangxtwodlfe ferent'positions thereof. I a Figure 5 is a detail offal flRtlfI f 1QIhde7 vice employed with certain a the: parts shown inilliguresfiand4. V;

Figure 6; is a plan of parts illustrated m Eigures-3.ar1cl.- separatedtfirem; one another 4.5 to show their forms'individually.

d ic depicted herein is parti ular y suited for use'in: the open; as; fon-instanoe' on street; corners; Or atsQcalled filling statie g for the dissemination of information, such :4 as business;addresses-anclvthe-like andiaanca-lly formed-recess 61 of a. member 7 of said shown in close relation and separated relarangedi so that'the leaves'ther'eof; normally lie close together, automatically taking that position whenand-asithey are released by one who may have been perusing their contents. A supportingbase is designated'at -l' which may be suitably secured upon a-foundation 2. In-thetop 3ofsa-ida base is a hole tto. receive therethrough and to form .a bearing for a; shaft 5-whose lower end is: steppedqin a- COIllf- 60, base. i Mounted on and paralleling the sh aft 5, is, an arm or pillar 8 fixed with, respect-to,- said shafts A- screw 9.- is threaded through a wal1 of'the base 1;, itslextremi-ty engaging in. agr-QOvealO, for. example, in: said shaft 5 pres-- ventingthe latter from; leavingits seatin the? recess 61 On an oftsetzportion 8 of said arm. Sis a portion havingv a; substantially plane surface inclined downwardly at an angle away from said arm 8,-and on the latter near:

itsiupper end inspacedi-relation Lethe-surface 11 isa bracket 12/secured to said frame andhaving an oifset: shaft-portion 13.

A series of frames.14 are providedleach for asuppo'rt lira-for. receiving advertising matter, or directory matter thei severalframesbeing mounted each on asep arate plate 16,, 17, 18, 19." I The assembly of the frames and! plates is shown iii-Figure 3 and 4, said.- frame being 80 tion ine-said fi-gures respectively: That. is'to say, -in--Figure 6 whereinfallof theplates, are shown; separated, 16 and 19 designaterespe t ively a top and a bottom-plate while 1'1 and 18 are intermediate? plates, it being observed thatan arm 20: of, a channel form, Figure 5, extendsifrom eaehvbut in' such positions that all: said, arms may lie I close relation as" in Eigures2aanditsi Alseriesofthese'pl'ates with their arms 20 is einployedi-atan upper. andva lower corner at one edge of the framesl'lt asshown in-Figure;l, Each. plateiof each 7 series has, a. centralkholei21,;Eigure 6,; the lower series receivingthroughathe holesj arpin 22 which depends freely into aehole 23 ex tending: through the surfacei'l l into the vpon' vertical-1y -jforming piizots; about which the $9 7 frames 14 may swing, the latter being suiting mits construction a supporting base, an

ably and individually secured within the channel-like arms 20. The two outermost arms of the lower series of plates, i. e., the plates 16 and 19, are each furnished with a depending antifriction member to bear upon ithe inclined surface 11 of the portion 8.

This may be'a caster, for example, not shown, or as in Figures 3, 4 and 5 it may be. a steel ball 24, Figure 5, held bybut rotatable 1n a mounting affixed to each said arm mentioned, the intermediate arms not necessarily re uiring this structure.

fixed to the upper end of the arm or pillar,

8 is a vane 26 which'overhangs the frames 14 in the position they occupy in Figure 1, their normal position or position of rest, While he neathvand suspended from the vane is a plate forminga housing, curved downwardly in two directions,-Figure 2,, to' ov'erhangthe frames for shedding water.

Inspection of any matter of information upon the inner surfaces of the supports 15 since necessitating the separation of the frames 14 results in fo-rclng oneor both of the anti-friction members 24 up'the inclined surface 11 and this naturally raises the entire series of frames, provided of course, that the arm 20 carrying the ball 24 is part of the which with the supports leaves, results in their return to the lowerlowermost plate 19 upon which all of the other plates rest. The lower series of plates as they arise lift the pin22 within the hole 23, while the upper series slide upwardly upon the shaft-portion 13. The release of the frames, 15 constitute most surface-portion of the surface 11 due to the weight of the entire series of frames on the ball24 of the lowermost plate 19 carrying an outermost frame. The opposite outer- .inost frame byits own weight will likewise be caused to close upon the intermediate ones,

7 it being clear that'the said intermediate frame will be closed outer ones. 7

The vane 26 since secured to'the arm 8 and since paralleling the; leaves in the normal together by both such positions-of the latterand turning in the di-' rection toward which the wind is blowing'will always hold the leaves at their'free edges away from such wind, the arm or pillar8 swinging with its shaft 5 with respect to the base 1 When usedinstores and like places the vane and the overhanging plate 27 will not be required, obviously. Iclaim:

1. A device of the nature described inc1uding in its construction a supporting base, an

1 arm uprising therefrom mounted ona ver- 6O tical'axis including a vane, a display carrying member pivotally mounted on the arm on a vertical axis adapted for movement with respect to "the arm, and coacting parts on the arm and meinberadapted to station the latter normally in a given position on said arm.

2. A device of the nature described includarm arising therefrom pivoted on a vertical ,axis,.a display carrying member pivotally mounted thereon movable about a vertical of the nature described including in its construction .a support, a plurality of display carrying members pivotally mounted thereon movable about a vertical axis common to all of them, a part on the support and a part on eachof the members coacting'to Tcarry said members together in close formation and to station them in a given position of rest. W

Y '5; A device of the nature described including in its constructiona support, a plurality of independently movable hingedly related 7 display carrymgmembers mounted to swing on said support on a vertical axis and adapted to have vertical movement relative to said support, there beingv a downwardly. inclined surface on the support, and means on two of the members each resting upon and adapted totravel over said surface, the weight of the members causing them through said means to automatically seek thelowermost portion of said surface in their swinging and vertical movement. 1

6. A device of'the nature described including in its :constructiona supporting base, an

arm journaled on the-base free to turn' on a verticalaxis, a member for carrying display matter supported-on the arm adapted to'swing on a vertical axis with. respect thereto and coacting partson the arm and member adapted to normally position thelatter in a"'given Position;

7. A device of the nature described reeleding in its construction asupporting base, an

armmounted on the base swingable about 'a' vertical axis, a vanesecured on thearmextending laterally 'therefrom and lying in a vertical plane, a' display carrying. member mounted on the armswingable upon a vertlcal axis, and means for automatically maintaining the member normally parallel to said vane.

"8. Adevice'of the nature described including in its construction a'supporting base, an

upstanding arm mounted to rotateonthebase on a vertical axis, a vane secured on the arm extending laterally therefrom and "lying in a vertical plane, a plurality of display carrying members mounted on the arm on a vertical axis, said arm having a surface downwardly inclined from theline of the mounting of the members, and means on two of the members spaced from the axial line of said mounting adapted to support the weight of said members on said surface, said members adapted to travel up the inclined surface when the members are manually swung lifting the latter, and said members adapted due to their weight to travel down said surface closing together at the lowest position on that surface paralleling the vane. I

9. A device of the nature described including in its construction a series of display carrying members adapted to lie side by side in close order, each'having an extension one overlying the other, a pivot member extending through all of said extensions upon which the latter are free to move axially, a support for the pivot, said support having a portion including a substantially flat surface down- I wardly inclined from said pivot, and a part carried by certain of the members adapted to rest upon that surface, all of said members jointly seeking the lowest position thereon.

10. A device of the nature described including in its construction a supporting base,

an upstanding arm mounted to rotate on said base on a vertical axis and having a surface a inclined at an angle downward, a laterally extending vane aflixed to the arm, the plane thereof paralleling a line drawn through the highest and lowest points on said surface, a display carrying member pivoted atone edge on a vertical axis on the arm,- and an antifriction member carried by the member and bearing upon said inclined surface. 7

r In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

' JOSEPH B. SMITH. 

